"Well, Master, do you know the error of your ways?"
Inside the inn, Jiang Lin propped his chin on his hand, and looked at the woman who had long since reverted to her original form after she left home without permission.
Jiang Yuni sat obediently across from Jiang Lin, her eyes watery, just like a little girl who had done something wrong.
Even though his master was a few dozen years older than him, Jiang Lin felt that she would always be a little girl who wouldn't grow up and needed his care.
"No admission of wrongdoing, huh? Then I won't go back to Twin Pearl Peak for a year."
After saying that, Jiang Lin resolutely got up and turned to leave.
"No… Little Linlin, don't leave Master, go home, talk to Master. Master is wrong. Master is really in the wrong."
Jiang Yuni sat sideways on her knees, hugging Jiang Lin's thigh, sniffling, and crying in a cute way that made Jiang Lin sigh.
He helped his master up. She gently wiped her tears and nose, placing her hands on her well-shaped legs. Her resigned look was like that of a hamster that had been robbed of its chestnuts.
Despite this, she had been a great cultivator at the third layer of Nascent Soul Tier.
"Do you know you're wrong?" Stroking his master's little head, and looking at the girly demeanor of his master trying to hold back her sobbing in vain, Jiang Lin was somewhat caught between laughter and tears.
"Well… Master… Master… knows that… she's wrong…"
"What did you do wrong?"
"Wrong in that Master shouldn't have tricked Little Lin by changing appearances."
Jiang Lin gently knocked his master's little head, and was caught between laughter and tears. "Is that the reason?"
The resigned look she had in her eyes while clutching her small head made Jiang Lin avert his eyes in a hurry, or else her cuteness would have taken him hostage.
"Then… Master was wrong in that… she shouldn't have left the house secretly, and should have waited for Little Lin to return."
"Yes, it's good that you know you're wrong," Jiang Lin said in a feigned seriousness while squatting in front of Jiang Yuni, but he felt warm inside.
He knew that his master followed him because she was worried about him, and the only person in this world who could think of him from the bottom of their heart was his master.
To Jiang Lin, Jiang Yuni was not just a master, but his family.
But because of this, Jiang Lin was afraid that his master would get into an accident. It was fine within the Sun Moon Sect, where the people were simple, and there was nothing to worry about. Sister Fang Ruo also took care of her. However, it was different if she was outside the Sun Moon Sect.
Besides, his master was beautiful, shapely, and silly, so Jiang Lin wouldn't know what to do if she was sold off.
"Master, hurry back. I'll send a letter to Sister Fang Ruo in three days, and if Master doesn't arrive home by then, I'll be furious."
"But I'm worried about Little Lin…"
"Don't worry, Master, I'll take care of myself. It's you being out there that I'm worried about." Jiang Lin thought for a moment, and said, "Forget it, I'll put the matter of the Dragon Gate Sect aside for now; I'll personally send Master back!"
Jiang Lin felt that he could find an excuse to go to his old home to pack his things, and then return to Black Tortoise City to meet up with Lin Qingwan. This shouldn't be too much of a problem.
"No need, Master will be back on time. Master is not a child! Just do your own thing, Little Lin. Master doesn't want to bother Little Lin."
"Is it okay?" asked Jiang Lin, still a little worried.
"Yes! Master is also very strong!"
Lifting her sleeves, Jiang Yuni showed her pale, thin arms to show how "strong" she was.
"All right then."
Jiang Lin put a locating spell on Jiang Yuni to know his master's location at all times.
Jiang Lin knew that he was overthinking. Although his master had regressed in cultivation, she was still at the first layer of Nascent Soul Tier, and the chances of an accident occurring on her way back were relatively small.
"Master, I'm sorry. I need to stay here for some more time. I'll be sure to return first thing when things are taken care of."
"Well, Master will be waiting for Little Lin."
Before Jiang Lin could react, Jiang Yuni pecked Jiang Lin on the cheek, blushing, and left riding on her sword.
Rubbing his cheek and looking at his master, who was gradually flying away, Jiang Lin smiled and shook his head.
'I won't wash my face today.'
***
In the sky above Black Tortoise City, people were flying on their swords. Some were taking girls for a ride, some were rushing back and forth between places, and others were peddling some fancy products. Meanwhile, outside the outskirts of Black Tortoise City, Jiang Yuni jumped off her flying sword in a deserted place.
She removed the locating spell Jiang Lin had cast on her with a flick of her hand, and pressed it on an ordinary messenger flying sword.
With a flick of her slender hand on the tail of the sword, the flying sword headed towards the Sun Moon Sect at an incredible speed.
"Little Linlin really is still a child, so easily fooled by girls."
Thinking of Jiang Lin's feigned anger and the cute way he comforted her in the inn, the girl couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh lightly.
Jiang Yuni knew that Jiang Lin might discover her disguise, but she didn't expect it to be so soon. But it didn't matter; she was prepared with a second plan.
'And doesn't the fact that I was found out so quickly mean that Little Linlin cares quite a bit about me?'
The girl smiled brightly as she thought about this.
Chanting an incantation under her breath, in a short while, Jiang Yuni instantly grew 20 centimeters from her previous height of less than one and a half meters, with a pair of long legs standing proudly, while her long hair spread out like a waterfall, and draped behind her shoulders, and her exquisite curves looked more and more perfect against the small dress.
Her small face which had had some baby fat now narrowed, and her charming eyes were large and slender; she looked bewitchingly beautiful.
Stepping onto the flying sword, Jiang Yuni turned around and flew towards the mayor's residence in the center of Black Tortoise City.
***
Black Tortoise City, the mayor's residence.
"Let that silly girl in."
The mayor's residence's guards were just about to stop her when a female voice spread through everyone's minds, and the protective spell array was also lifted.
"A rare guest."
In the backyard of the mayor's residence, a woman who was playing with a cat teaser slowly got up.
"Yo, it's been so many years since I've seen you. I didn't think that this sect master was still a virgin."
Looking at the cool beauty in front of her, the girl smiled softly.
"The Sun Moon Sect's successive sect masters have cultivated the Sun Moon Co-Cultivation Technique, right? If they don't dual cultivate, the dao bottlenecks will be greatly suppressed, and they won't be able to squeeze into the upper five tiers. Then no matter how talented our sect master is, she is at most the third layer of Nascent Soul Tier, right? Are there still no men that have caught our sect master's captivating eyes?"
"You talk too much."
Jiang Yuni glanced at the girl coldly, but just this glance alone made the heartbeat of Black Tortoise City's mayor, who was a woman with countless experiences, speed up, not to mention this for men.
Raising the hem of her skirt, Jiang Yuni sat on a swing made of flowering branches with her long legs crossed.
"Long story short, I want to participate in this grand tournament!"